PTM - Help A Non-Profit Organization

For this leadership portfolio activity I was assigned to a group of people and we had to help out a local non-profit organization. I was chosen to be the team leader and as a group we chose to help the non-profit organization Hands On Orlando. We met with them and decided to shoot a promotional video that would help them attract sponsors. From this project I learned to be more assertive when performing the role as team leader. At first I was more laid back and I noticed that my teammates were starting to look lost. That is when I stopped being laid back and started giving specific instruction and setting deadlines and it worked. After I made the change to my leadership approach my teammates started to take their own initiative to get things done. I learned that giving specific instructions and setting up a time frame for when these objectives needed to be completed helped my teammates feel comfortable with what they were doing. After they felt comfortable they started to make their own decisions, which was what I wanted from them in the first place.